The Widow's Mite @thepeoplespier - #Hastings Pier Community Share Scheme

These days talking about money seems to be a greater taboo than talking about sex etc.
Just as the question "What did you do during the war?" is a poignant question, so too is "How much did you pledge to the pier?". Are we holding ourselves and each other to account? How much of our wealth is a sensible amount to put into the pier; a tithe (one tenth)?

Some own no home (myself included) and so a significant contribution to the pier is a step away from home ownership, yet a step towards community. Is this foolishness or the act praised in the Bible - the small amount the widow gave was larger than any amount given by the rich.
Will this be "a people's pier" or largely a Hastings and St Leonards' Home Owners' pier? What percentage of the people here own their homes, let alone have a share in the pier? Respond or leave these questions as you will.

If you give money as a result of following this link, please let me know so that I can count it towards the £10,000-£20,000* target I have set for raising funds

A Triratna Talk on Building the Spiritual Community (Sangha) @buddhistcentre

Lewes Triratna Sangha Day 2013 - Ratnaprabha Talk - Part 1 of 4 is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvv2hypICEw
Filmed on behalf of http://brightonbuddhistcentre.co.uk by one of the http://hastingsbuddhistcentre.ning.com Sangha.
(#FreeRange #Buddhist Films - http://additionalinfo.blogspot.co.uk)
This 1st part is in Standard Resolution for faster loading on the web; the subsequent 3 parts are in High Definition:
Part 2:

http://youtu.be/kCdY3P322jg
Part 3:

http://youtu.be/iCzfj-GFR8Q
Part 4:

http://youtu.be/SmL-lqsSI5A

I recommend the whole talk and am personally taking note of a section from 11minutes into the second part of this talk on how to build and deepen friendship.


















PS. How do you want to be loved?
PPS. What's my role in that?
http://additionalinfo.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/my-email-footer-is-here-instead-of-on.html

Desert Island Discs

Paul Crosland's Practice Desert Island Discs

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
(Total time 37 minutes for all 3 parts)

My eight discs are
1) Hungry Heart (Springsteen)
2) Miserere (Allegri)
3) World of Good (The Saw Doctors)
4) The Ghost of Al Capone (John Cooper Clarke)
5) Working on a Dream (Bruce Springsteen)
6) I Don't Care (The Ramones)
7) Bad Touch (Bloodhound Gang)
8) L'epuisement (from the soundtrack of "Himalaya - The Rearing of a Chief)

+ new question: My eight foodstuffs
1) Bananas
2) Cocoa
3) Macademia nuts
4) Honey (or Agave Syrup, if that's not breaking the rules?)
5) Short-grain rice
6) Brocoli
7) Chick peas
8) Olives




The website on which I first attempted to generate on-line empathy is:
ApologyPlus.org.uk






The website about the 10 year plans of 16 Indian students at Nagaloka, Nagpur is http://nagaloka-dream-cycle.blogspot.co.uk



& my hub website is http://additionalinfo.blogspot.co.uk

A bit of my work in photo form

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May everyone be loved well,
Paul
#FreeRange #Buddhist
Tel 0780 70 66 202
From Spring 2014, how will you interact with:
1) The Action For Hastings Happiness 'Pay It Forward' Rickshaw?
2) The Book "No Blame, No Pain (Shades of bad/mad/sad/dangerous to know & how we apply these to self/other)?

PS. How do you want to be loved?
PPS. What's my role in that?
http://additionalinfo.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/my-email-footer-is-here-instead-of-on.html